Russian authorities must investigate new allegations of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
10 July 2017, 13:22 UTC
Following reports in Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper that security forces in the Russian republic of Chechnya killed 27 people on the night of 26 January 2017, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, said:
“These allegations come from a credible source and as horrendous as they are, appear totally plausible for Chechnya, where the authorities enjoy complete impunity for human rights violations.
“Amnesty International has documented the practice of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya and elsewhere in the North Caucasus for many years, and these allegations are consistent with our past findings. They must be investigated immediately, and if proven to be true, all perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Continued: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/russian-authorities-must-investigate-new-allegations-of-extrajudicial-executions-in-chechnya/
I have some fundamental differences with Amnesty International. I suppose that doesn't mean all of their reporting becomes bad though.
